How to protect iPhones against ransomware attack?

I know that ransomware has been a problem in the Windows world for a while, but now it has reached iPhones, and apparently it will make them unusable unless you pay up hundreds of dollars. What should iPhone users do to prevent an attack like this on their device?

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